Up the Country - Letters Written to Her Sister From the Upper Provinces of India

Klappentext Eden's candid letters represent thousands of nineteenth-century women who dutifully accompanied their men to outposts of the British Empire. Zusammenfassung Eden's candid but sensitive account of three years in India represents the experiences of thousands of women who endured dusty bonnets to accompany men to the furthest outposts of the British Empire. Volume 2 conveys the growing anxiety surrounding the impending Anglo-Afghan war and stirring accounts of poverty. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Umritzir, Dec. 10, 1838; 2. Dec. 1, 1838; 3. Dec. 24, 1838; 4. Sutlej, Jan. 6, 1839; 5. Soonair, Jan. 18, 1839; 6. Jan. 26, 1839; 7. Feb. 6, 1839; 8. Kurnaul, Feb. 28, 1839; 9. Simla, March 19, 1839; 10. April 11, 1839; 11. May 30, 1839; 12. June 19, 1839; 13. August 1, 1839; 14. Simla, Sept. 1, 1839; 15. Simla, Sept. 27, 1839; 16. Simla, Oct. 15, 1839; 17. Pinjore, Nov. 3, 1839; 18. Kurnaul, Nov. 13, 1839; 19. Kootub, Nov. 27, 1839; 20. Dieg, Dec. 10, 1839; 21. Agra, Dec. 29, 1839; 22. Jan. 2, 1840; 23. Jan. 12, 1840; 24. Nuddea Gaon, Jan. 23, 1840; 25. Culpee, Jan. 29, 1840; 26. Benares, Feb. 17, 1840.

Product details

• Authors: Eden, Emily Eden
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.09.2010
• EAN: 9781108020756
• ISBN: 978-1-108-02075-6
• No. of pages: 270
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous